Saharan dust covers Albania, does it have harmful effects on health?

2024-03-27 18:12:53Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Saharan dust covers Albania, does it have harmful effects on health?
Saharan dust covers Albania

Saharan dust covered Albania this Wednesday. Masses of sand coming from Africa as a result of strong wind storms have colored the sky almost brown, so much so that Tirana from Dajti was barely visible. As a result, according to IQair, the air quality in the capital exceeded almost 10 times WHO standards.

Apart from breathing discomfort, environmental experts say there are no harmful effects on health. While forecasters announce that such a situation is transitory as it is expected to last only one day.

"It's a temporary air pollution, it will stay at least until tonight evening. During the night, a cold front with intense rain will cover Albania, with the fall of the rain we will have a cleaning of the air and particles of the Sahara ", said Lajda Porja for TV Klan.

The heat of the sand has also brought an immediate increase in temperatures.

"It is stifling weather. Yesterday we recorded 19-20 degrees, today 28 degrees."

The weather will improve from the second part of Thursday.

"We will have a normalization of the situation, we will even have Friday, the weekend and the beginning of next week with sunshine."

African dust covered the entire Eastern Mediterranean this Wednesday.


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